Ken Shirriff posts about how computers add and subtract floating-point numbers

A Mastodon post by Ken Shirriff asks how computers handle floating-point math like 12.34, and says he opened up Intel's 8087 math coprocessor chip from 1980. Only one item was collected, so the trend's reach is unclear.

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1. 18 Oct, 17:06 UTCFirst appeared on Ken Shirriff

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• Have you ever thought about how your computer adds and subtracts? It takes a lot of hardware to handle floating-point nuKen Shirriff